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People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting: that's how some software projects are born.
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In many cases, the user interface to a program is the most important part for a commercial company: whether the programs works correctly or not seems to be secondary.
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There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is.
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I never felt that the naming issue was all that important, but I was obviously wrong, judging by how many people felt. I tell people to call it just plain Linux and nothing more.
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Helsinki isn't all that bad. It's a very nice city, and it's cold really only in wintertime.
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Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.
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Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did.
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The fame and reputation part came later, and never was much of a motivator, although it did enable me to work without feeling guilty about neglecting my studies.
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I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux and Windows are simply so different.
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I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can.
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When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows," people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, for free."
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Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.
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I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places.
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Non-technical questions sometimes don't have an answer at all.
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